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Well, people are more complex than my little vignette, and the division lines between men and women's behavior are not so sharp. I've been married to the same woman for 40 years and we have 11 children together, so obviously I've worked on those relationships. But I'm not the one who writes the anniversaries, grandkids' birthdays, etc. o…
Well, people are more complex than my little vignette, and the division lines between men and women's behavior are not so sharp. I've been married to the same woman for 40 years and we have 11 children together, so obviously I've worked on those relationships. But I'm not the one who writes the anniversaries, grandkids' birthdays, etc. on the calendar. I should have said "men lean this way" and "women lean that way". And we do have a gulf between the sexes today. Millions are writing about it here on Substack. Maybe with more woman in the workforce the gulf is growing wider. Maybe women don't want to work on home relationships when they get home from a hard day at work either.
I agree with your last two sentences and you made me think that maybe part of the success of our big, happy family is the fact that I run a small family business. Everybody is invested in its success, and it keeps work and family relationships not so compartmentalized.